Attention, physical therapists: Two orthopedic surgeons at the University Hospitals in Belgium recently discovered a new knee ligament now known as the anterolateral ligament (ALL). The New York Times reported that Dr. Steven Claes and Dr. Johann Bellemans found that the fifth ligament located

One of your IRF claims was denied and appealed to the QIC/Maximus with medical record citations and written arguments, yet the decision was still Unfavorable.

You have surely noticed in your professional practice that we are seeing more and more people developing and being diagnosed with chronic conditions and illnesses. 

Kelly’s therapists from left to right: Stacey Irek, OT, Steven Desaulniers, PT, and Laura Beard, SLP. Like many others, you may have caught this video of our patient Kelly Downing, who received months of therapy at Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation – Greenbriar for chronic

Working with an elderly population can require special understanding. Keep these tips in mind when interacting with older patients in therapy: Stand or sit face-to-face when conversing. Kneel when speaking to patients in wheelchairs. Ask the patient to complete one task at a time. 

December 4, 2012 started off like any other day for 17-year-old Darby McGee, an Arkansas high school junior and devoted member of her school’s Color Guard. But it quickly became the first day of what would become the most challenging few months of her young life, and she doesn’t even remember the day or anything that happened in the month after it.

Happy National Rehabilitation Awareness Week! From the inception of occupational therapy to rehabilitation job prospects, we bring you nine things you might not know about rehabilitation: Occupational therapy began in 1917.

The House Ways and Means Committee recently released legislative language reflecting several elements included in the Administration’s budget proposal – including reducing market basket updates, equalizing payments for certain conditions commonly treated in IRFs starting in 2014, reinstating the 75% rule and other changes aimed at providers. 

As we shared earlier this year, Members of Congress have been working on a framework for a permanent repeal of the sustainable growth rate (SGR) for the physician fee schedule. 

A new study has established anemia as a risk factor for dementia, reports Long-Term Living Magazine . The study was recently published in Neurology.